Glass or mirror fastener.



W. H. HOLDER.

GLASS 0R MIRROR FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 16. 1914.

1,155,924. Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ea. 5, 1915.

Application filed December 16, 1914. Serial No. 877,540.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. HOLDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county ofLackawanna' and .State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain'new anduseful Improvements in Glass or Mirror Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The fastener which-is the subject matter of the presentapplication for patent, is de signed for the purpose of fastening mirrors and picture frame glasses in their frames, and its object is to provide a simple, cheap and durable fastener by which the mirror or other glass can be easily and quickly' mounted and fastened in the frame, the glass being securely held, and the fastener als'o'being constructed to take up any, looseness of the glass if the latter is not of the exact size of the frame.

These objects are attained by means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in whi'ch- Figure l is an elevation showing the application of the invention, a fragment only of the picture or mirror frame being shown; Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the'line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an inner face view of the fastener.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a plcture ormirror frame, and 6 indicates the glass to be secured in said frame. The fastener for securing the glass is a nail or similar driven fastener 7 pointed at one endand havin at its other end a head 8. This fastener 1s carried by a rectangular supporting plate 9 having on one of its faces lugs 10 provided with alined transverse apertures through which the fastener passes'and in which it is slidable. The other face or side of the plate is roughened by small protuberances or corrugations, as indicated at 11, and one of the e ges of the plate has an outstanding marginal bead 12, the same beingfor a purpose to be presently madeclear.

In use, the glass 6 bein mounted in the frame 5, the plate 9 is p aced against the back of the glass adjacent to the edge thereof, with the pointed end of the fastener 7 opposite the inneredge of the frame. The

- fastener is then advanced and-forced into easily and quickly fastened in the frame.

Any suitable number of the devices are employed, according to the size of the glass and 1ts frame. By the plate 9 a wide bearing on the glass is obtained' The roughened side of the plate 9 forms a cushion and air chamhere, this side of the plate'being in contact with the glass, thereby preventing breakage when pressed againstthe glass. The fastener 7 isv driven straight and true, it being guided by the apertures in the lugs 10. If the glass is smaller than the frame, the bead 12 is placed between the edge of the glass and the inner edge of the frame, which takes up looseness and prevents rattling ofthe glass.

By means of the fastening device the glass can be quickly set in asubstantial' manner, and with greater safety than by the means generally employed, and in the shipment of large packages off-framed picturesbreakage is reduced to a minimum. The plates 9 will be 'formed with beads 12 of various" be made of any desired or suitable material.

The protuberances of the corrugations 11 are more flexible or softer than the body portion of the plate 9, in order to prevent marring of the glass.

- A fastener for securing a glass in a frame, comprising a plate adapted to be seated against the back of the glass, and having a marginal bead adapted to fit between the edge of the glass and the opposite edge of the frame, and a slidable driven fastener carried by the plate and extending lengthwise thereof to project from the beaded end of the plate, said fastener being adapted to be driven into the aforesaid edge of -the frame between which and'the edge of the glass the marginal bead fits.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. nonnnn.

Witnesses:

F. VAUGHAN, H. H. Honnnn. 

